May is a fabulous month, suddenly the wisteria has appeared everywhere in full bloom and the road-sides are billowing with cow parsley, and from now onwards it’ll also be the month to remember as the anniversary of my daughters wedding, Family and friends helped get everything ready on Saturday, kitting out the marquee in a […]
Currently making wild garlic pesto
I love this time of year with so much fresh, green growth everywhere, there’s a chill in the air, but the days are longer and there’s a fair bit of sunshine around. I hope you had a good weekend, did you have any sunshine? I seem to start a lot of my posts talking about the […]
What’s growing at the allotment in July.
It’s been a busy time at the allotment since I wrote about it three months ago. I must admit, it hasn’t all gone exactly to plan, I’m easily tempted by lovely looking fruit and vegetables that I don’t really have room for, but some tasty vegetables have been harvested. Favourite vegetables: Beetroot has been […]
Chives, how to grow them & use them in the kitchen
Chives are easy to grow and so useful with they’re mild onion flavour, that it’s an essential herb for my garden. Once planted, it’s a permanant feature, dying back over winter and obligingly popping up again in Spring. How to grow: Like most herbs, they need a sunny place and reasonably good soil, but doesn’t like […]
Friday inspiration – edible flowers, summer drinks.
I’ve loads of Borage plants on my allotment at the moment, the flowers are such a beautiful shade of blue that I wanted to bring them home and use them. I’ve been freezing them in ice-cubes, they just make cool drinks look even more attractive during this heat-wave. It’s pretty simple: I used boiled water that had cooled, this to […]